Redstone Army Airfield, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 15 relations: Air traffic control, Airport, Alabama, Asphalt concrete, Federal Aviation Administration, Huntsville International Airport, Huntsville, Alabama, Kilometre, Madison County, Alabama, Memphis, Tennessee, NASA, Redstone Arsenal, United States Army, United States Army Air Forces, World War II.

2. 1943 establishments in Alabama

Air traffic control

Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers (people) who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace.

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Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Asphalt concrete

Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.

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Huntsville International Airport

Huntsville International Airport (Carl T. Jones Field) is a public airport and spaceport ten miles southwest of downtown Huntsville, in Madison County, Alabama, United States.

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Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Kilometre

The kilometre (SI symbol: km; or), spelt kilometer in American English and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for). It is the preferred measurement unit to express distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is used.

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Madison County, Alabama

Madison County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Redstone Arsenal

Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base adjacent to Huntsville, Alabama in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

1943 establishments in Alabama

• 74th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
• Cairns Army Airfield
• Demopolis Army Air Field
• Demopolis Municipal Airport
• German Italian Memorial Cemetery
• Holy Family Cristo Rey High School (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Redstone Army Airfield

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redstone_Army_Airfield

Also known as KHUA, Redstone AAF.